When the elevators in New York's 102-story Millennium Building start to malfunction, mechanic Mark Newman is sent to find the cause. After a series of gruesome and deadly "accidents" occur, Mark joins forces with spunky reporter Jennifer.
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- cultfilmlikerApril 10, 2026“James was always cool.” Clearly, Shelly didn’t catch this flick Imagine Final Destination, only it makes less sense and is more far-fetched (I wrote this kind of as a joke but boy, how right I was) Never even heard of this but it’s got a conceit that’s been borrowed many times since! Elevators are scary! A cool B-movie! Final Destination 2 has one of the best elevator scenes but I feel like they definitely saw this film when writing it. It has such a Final Destination feel too!! They were just feeding off of each other. Also inspired Devil, I assume Naomi Watts’ character followed a man into the restroom, photographs him, and then falsely accuses him of rape in two minutes. And it’s all played for laughs! Also, I gotta mention that between this and The Ring, she has spent a LOT of runtime working on VHS tapes and showing them to dudes What the hell is with the dissolves / transitions and making the scenes end like they were made for television?? Absolutely atrocious and a dumb hilarious third act. God. Roller skater scene bumped it up a full star. An impressive 3-minute feat Having a Bin Laden line in an NYC film released in May of 2001 is just too damn eerie. Added to The Cinema That Never Sleeps
The Shaft Trivia
The Shaft was released on May 11, 2001.
The Shaft was directed by Dick Maas.
The Shaft has a runtime of 1h 51m.
The Shaft was produced by Dick Maas.
When the elevators in New York's 102-story Millennium Building start to malfunction, mechanic Mark Newman is sent to find the cause. After a series of gruesome and deadly "accidents" occur, Mark joins forces with spunky reporter Jennifer.
The key characters in The Shaft are Mark Newman (James Marshall), Jennifer Evans (Naomi Watts), Jeffrey (Eric Thal).
The Shaft is rated R.
The Shaft is an Action, Horror, Mystery film.
The Shaft has an audience rating of 1.9 out of 10.
The Shaft had a budget of $15M.
The Shaft has made $536K at the box office.